Mariposa. A bowl of cherries. A bowl of shiny, perfectly round objects with irresistible little stems sticking up at all angles. In front of a kitty who finds everything can be a toy. Who is waiting for one of those round things to move just a little bit before she reaches out with one of her big white mittens and whacks one off the top to get the game started.

I left them there long enough to get the photo, then I took them away to enjoy them. I played with Mariposa with a mousie instead. She has the greatest expressions.

From Instagram

Has someone sent something to Mimi? If so, she is sitting in the mail basket ready to receive it. Mimi’s latest (cuteness) innovation in making time on a leash exciting.

Mimi waiting in the mail basket.

Really, Mimi never ceases to amaze me with how curious she is. She doesn’t like to be on her leash, and we are only sitting on the front porch for now, but she always finds something to explore and a spot to just be for a while. She makes the best of everything. We get along very well that way.

Photos from years past

Daily Photo: Sienna Meditation, 2018

Sienna Meditation

Sienna is meditating on “cool”. Because it’s not. But she certainly looks peaceful in all that warm light, truly living up to her colorful name. Hang on, Sienna, one more day of this then those nice breezes again through your window.

She may look like a polydactyl, and I sometimes check to see if I’m wrong. She has big mittens, but she really just has a prominent dew claw that’s set well back from the others. No matter, she is beautiful all over.

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Your Housekeeping, 2017

Bella brought me some cobwebs.

Cats know how to make a point without a meow. Bella came up to my studio and sat down under one of my worklights to gaze intently at me until I noticed her, swathed in cobwebs from the basement. I can only presume, by the somewhat indignant expression on her face, that she is making a statement about the condition of my basement and my lack of attention thereof.

Dare I tell her that keeping the cobwebs cleaned up in the basement has not been the human’s job since we moved in here?

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Today’s photos from Instagram

Brother cats nap best in a gob.

Brother cats in a gob on the cabinet in the kitchen.

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Hamlet’s Hideaway, 2016

Hamlet’s Hideaway

It’s his hideaway from Ophelia, who is up on the wardrobe while he peeks through the curtain.

Hamlet looking at Ophelia, but no one can see him.I can’t see him either.

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Facebook and Instagram

Hamlet’s Deluxe Tail

Hamlet in early evening sunlight, in my studio, modeling his spectacular tail.

Hamlet models his tail.

New Backdrop on Cat TV

This station on Cat TV changed its backdrop. Hamlet and Ophelia are trying to hide so the birds can’t see them.

New Cat TV

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Kitties Comfort

JULY 31: Just a little morning get together with the Four, Giuseppe, Sunshine, Mewsette and Bean, joined by Basil. I am so grateful for their comforting presence.

While I’ve been taking care of other things, I’ve also been cheating a little…posting photos on Facebook and Instagram. I’d intended to share them each day as well but never quite got around to it. Now I have about a dozen, or more, so I’m going to post them in groups in an extra photo post so the daily photo posts don’t get too long…so many cat pictures, so little time. They bring me such joy, even in times of stress and sorrow, I just can’t stop sharing them.

JULY 31: Just a little bit of comic relief here at the desk. Mr. Sunshine sleeps on his back when it gets warm, and he doesn’t care who sees what. Jelly Bean is holding his mom still while he washes her face.

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